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NBC and FOX tied for number one with adults 18-49, while CBS led with total viewers.

On ABC, the Saturday premiere ofZero Hourscored a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating down 60 percent from a 1.0 on February 28. A second episode at 9PM earned a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating down 70 percent from a 1.0 on February 28. Your predictions were too optimistic.

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How come NBC didn’t carry the Stanley Cup finals Game Two last night? It was an awesome game and would have got better ratings than the repeats they did air.

They carried the game on NBC Sports Network (their cable channel). They do that to promote awareness of the channel so they can increase viewership and in turn the carriage fees they can charge cable companies.

Jonathan

A rerun of Chicago Fire on a saturday did as well as Hannibal… that makes me sad

Jeff

Hmmm… I’m starting to think that ‘Zero Hour’ is actually a reference to the final ratings.

The Booper

Ratings measure % of 18-49 households

Second column is TOTAL viewers including us over 55 year olds. That means us old farts tuned in to get ready for the 11 o’clock news.

Jacobo

@Anna Bones Clarkwood

That wasn’t the normal time for SNL, that was during primetime, it normally airs at 11:30 ET/10:30 CDT

Jacobo

@Raykov
That’s because The CW specifically targets 18-30 range market, not many old people watch The CW

NBC Fan

I liked it when this website did half-hour charts.

kasey

I didn’t even know ABC was airing Zero Hour and I watch at least 2 hours of ABC several days a week. I hope this won’t affect the supposed airing of the last eps of 666 Park.

Alan

I was almost right for Zero Hour’s ratings. Can it hit a 0.0 in two or three weeks? Hmm

Survivor Fan

RECORD LOW RATING WATCH:

The all-time record low entertainment original on the Big Four is a 0.2, set by Kings (7/4/09) and Escape Routes twice (3/31/12 and 4/14/12). Can these burnoffs tie or pass that number?

Jordan

It doesn’t help that Zero Hour’s entire season has been online for several weeks…

Josh

i knew zero hour would get a 0.4 i predicted correct!

Ravenrei

And to make Zero Hour’s ratings possibly look even worse (not sure since these aren’t the usually hourly numbers we see), Houston’s ABC programming was preempted for the local Bayou Bowl high school football game. I believe the network stuff aired overnight, but I’m not sure, so it may or may not be in these ratings.

Happy Father’s Day!

Zach

You know nobody cares about hockey when half of the championship is on a cable network that nobody gets